Age Effects on Cerebral Oxygenation and Behavior in Children with Sleep-disordered Breathing

Childhood sleep-disordered breathing ranges in severity from primary snoring to obstructive sleep apnea and is associated with behavioral and neurocognitive deficits. It remains unknown why children with primary snoring, who do not experience peripheral oxygen desaturation or sleep fragmentation, experience similar daytime deficits as those with obstructive sleep apnea or why effects are age-dependent.To examine cerebral tissue oxygenation and...